Valentine Clipart
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Love is in the air and people are rushing to show their love by updating their MySpace and Facebook pages, as well as dedicating a web page to someone special. This is where Valentine clipart becomes important.
What is Clipart?
Clipart, in the world of graphic design, references images that you can use to illustrate many mediums. It is generally used more for personal needs than for business, but you can use it for both. Clipart is available in electronic and printed forms, but it is distributed on a large scale over the Internet. You can also buy clipart software at your local office supply store, like at Staples or Office Depot. Clipart is made up of basic illustrations that are usually free to use for non-commercial use and are not considered stock photography.
Get Your Valentine Clipart
With the Internet being the treasure trove of information that it is, it is no wonder you can find Valentine clipart in mass amounts all over the Web:
- Free Kids’ Clipart, from Kaboose, offers many free to use clipart images, including Valentine clipart. The site also offers free Valentine’s Day activities for kids, crafts and cards.
- Valentine Clipart is a site dedicated to nothing but Valentine’s Day images. If you’re looking for images with a romantic slant like roses, hearts and cupids, then look here. You can also find flowers, candy and even doves!
- Webweaver offers many free images that you can use for personal needs. You just need to make sure to link back to their web site.
- Clipart for Valentine’s Day, from Parenting Portal, is a lovely resource for some very nice clipart. The clipart found here is free to use for personal use. The site also includes some resources for "love day" ideas for greeting cards and other things.
- Cute clipart is what you’ll find from CKS Info. The images found here are all in non-transparent GIF’s, and are free to use however you like.
- Make your Valentine’s Day web site, Facebook or MySpace page come to life by using the free Valentine’s Day animated GIFs that you can find on FG-A. These images are free to use and display on banners, your web site or wherever else you like, as long as you give credit where credit is due.
You can also save yourself some trouble by going to Google Images and typing in a search string like "valentine clipart" in order to find a vast amount of graphics. Always follow the link through to the referencing web site in order to learn about the licensing protocol.
Where to Use Your Clipart
Valentine images are very useful for a myriad of things like:
- If you have someone special in your life, why not create a web page for that person? You can find many free templates on the Internet. Create your own using Microsoft Frontpage or one of a dozen other web design programs. Find the image or images you want, right click and select "save as" from the drop down menu. You can usually drag and drop the images right into your web page, or click on the image file tab in the software package. Then you can manipulate the image however you like.
- With Valentine’s Day looming, or maybe you have a birthday or anniversary coming up, you may want to show the person you care about how you feel. Valentine clipart is perfect for making greeting cards as well, so why not give that a try? There are many software programs available to do this. Many printers come with a disc that includes these types of programs. You can download a number of them for free. Find these by searching for "greeting card software." Most of them are very easy to use. If you use Microsoft Word, there are templates included for greeting cards, and there is even a menu tab to add more clipart.
- Perhaps you have a need for a fundraising poster and you want to spice it up a bit. Valentine images aren't always about Cupid and candy hearts, so there are a number of suitable images that you can possibly use for these types of posters.
- Love Coupons are a great way to let someone who you love know that you care! Many word processing programs and greeting card software also includes templates for such coupons. Add a border using clipart and include some hearts and other little things like:
- Good for one romantic meal
- Redeem for a back massage
- Turn in for a night of pampering
- and many other possibilities!
- Want to show your best friend how you feel? Make them a collage poster! Take several pictures of yourself, make color copies, and then cut them out and paste them to a sheet of paper. Print out suitable Valentine images and do the same. Once you have the design you like, you can glue them in place and make a final color copy.
There are many crafting ideas that you can find online, or come up fresh new ideas yourself to put these graphics to good use.
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